40 "The Hardest Part of Breaking Up" by 2Gether 39 "Back Here" by BBMak 38 "Party Up" by DMX 37 "Love Don't Cost A Thing" by Jennifer Lopez 36 "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by Baha Men 35 "Stan" by Eminem f/Dido 34 "Rock the Party" by P.O.D. 33 "Stronger" by Britney Spears 32 "Country Grammar" by Nelly 31 "This I Promise You" by 'N Sync 30 "I Think I'm In Love With You" by Jessica Simpson 29 "The Way I Am" by Eminem 28 "The One" by Backstreet Boys 27 "Break Stuff" by Limp Bizkit 26 "Candy" by Mandy Moore 25 "Faded" by soulDecision 24 "The Bad Touch" by Bloodhound Gang 23 "Big Pimpin'" by Jay-Z 22 "Last Resort" by Papa Roach 21 "My Everything" by 98º

20 "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" by Britney Spears 19 "American Bad Ass" by Kid Rock 18 "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child 17 "Adam's Song" by Blink-182 16 "What A Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera 15 "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin 14 "Forgot About Dre" by Dr. Dre f/Eminem 13 "Lucky" by Britney Spears 12 "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" by Backstreet Boys 11 "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit 10 "If Only" by Hanson 09 "Back That Thing Up" by Juvenile 08 "It's Gonna Be Me" by 'N Sync 07 "Make Me Bad" by Korn 06 "The Thong Song" by Sisqo 05 "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)" by Christina Aguilera 04 "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem 03 "Oops! I Did It Again" by Britney Spears 02 "Shape of My Heart" by Backstreet Boys 01 "Bye, Bye, Bye" by 'N Sync

Visitors
- Mandy Moore drops by and co-hosts.
- Hilarie, from the VMA 00 red carpet, who now has a real job at MTV, visits.
- Andy Dick drops by.

Live on TRL in 2000
Samantha Mumba – “Gotta Tell You”
Hanson – “If Only”
Jackie Chan – “Oops! I Did It Again”
Dream – “He Loves U Not”
98º – “My Everything” – a cappella
Aaliyah – “Try Again”
‘N Sync – “This I Promise You” – a cappella
Mya – “Case of the Ex”
soulDecision – “Faded”
Snoop Dogg – “Snoop Dogg”
John Travolta – Grease
Lil’ Bow Wow – freestyle
Ricky Martin – “She Bangs”
Debelah Morgan – “Dance With Me”
Evan and Jaron – “Crazy For This Girl”
Mandy Moore – “I Wanna Be With You”
Shaggy and Rik Rok – “It Wasn’t Me”
Destiny’s Child – “Say My Name” – a cappella
Backstreet Boys – “Shape of My Heart”
Eminem – freestyle rap
Jay-Z – “Big Pimpin’”
U2 – “Beautiful Day”
Christina Aguilera and Brian McKnight – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
Stone Temple Pilots – “Sour Girl”
Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson – “Where You Are”
The Offspring – “Original Prankster”

The Faces of 2000 - ALL the people who visited (number of times)
Ricky Martin (2), Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, Lenny Kravitz, 98º (2), Madonna, BBMak (2), Gwen Stefani, Marilyn Manson, Carmen Electra, Samuel L. Jackson, Enrique Iglesias, David Arquette (2), ‘N Sync (3), Dr. Dre (2), The Rock (2), Blink-182, Lil’ Kim (2), Sylvester Stallone, cast of Charlie’s Angels, Shawn and Marlon Wayans (3), Eminem, Britney Spears (2), Jennifer Lopez (2), Brendan Fraser (2), Mel Gibson, The Offspring (2), David Boreanaz, Melissa Joan Hart, Backstreet Boys (2), Serena Williams, Ben Affleck, Christina Aguilera (2), Joey McIntyre (2), Fred Durst (4), Destiny’s Child, Aaliyah (3), Da Brat (4), Ice Cube (2), Filter, Mandy Moore (5), Freddie Prinze, Jr. (2), Eve (2), Scott Foley (2), 2Gether (5), Teck Holmes (2), Third Eye Blind, Jenny McCarthy, No Doubt, Hoku, D’Angelo, Charlize Theron, Matthew Perry, AC/DC, Hanson (5), Tom Morello, Ruff Ryders, Sisqo (3), Jerry O’Connell, Smashing Pumpkins, Mya (4), Blaque (2), Evan Farmer (3), Darrin Henson, Gavin Rossdale, Kim Smith, Goo Goo Dolls, Minnie Driver, John Cusack, Liam Gallagher, Chris Kline, Brooke Shields, David Duchovny, Stone Temple Pilots, Kirsten Dunst (2), Mark Hoppus, Macy Gray, Matthew McCounaughey, Joshua Jackson, Kate Hudson, Omar Epps, Fat Joe, Stephen Baldwin, Jimmy Pop, Korn, Jay-Z (4), Beanie Sigel, Lars Ulrich, John Travolta, Pink, Jackie Chan, Kid Rock, Rob and Kyle, Ethan Hawk, Jessica Simpson (3), Breckin Meyer, Verne Troyer, AJ McLean, Jason Biggs, Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel, Busta Rhymes (2), Travis Barker, LL Cool J (2), Wyclef (2), Mark Wahlberg, Janet Jackson, LFO, Mena Suvari, Shannon Elizabeth, Papa Roach (3), O-Town (2), P.O.D., Incubus, the Deftones, Lance Bass (2), Spike Lee and Bernie Mac, Smokin’ Joe Frasier, Alonzo Mourning, Nelly, The Edge, Orgy, Jamie Foxx, The Wallflowers, Joe C., Lil’ Bow Wow, Chyna, Ashton Kutcher (2), Snoop Dogg (2), Green Day, soulDecision (2), Outkast (2), Pamela Anderson, Elizabeth Hurley, Tim Meadows, Limp Bizkit, Destiny’s Child, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Hootie and the Blowfish, Adam Sandler, Aaron Carter, Pauly Shore, Samantha Mumba, Vitamin C, Method Man, Debelah Morgan, Anna Kournicova, Monica, Seann William Penn, Brian McKnight, Shaggy, DJ Lethal, Evan and Jaron, Dream (2)

Hall of Fame: Class of 2000 - Like half of these are travesties. Hehe.
1/18 "N 2 Gether Now" by Limp Bizkit and Method Man
2/16 "Falling Away From Me" by Korn
2/16 "Back That Thing Up" by Juvenile
3/2 "What A Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera
3/16 "Only God Knows Why" by Kid Rock
3/29 "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" by Britney Spears
4/5 "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" by Backstreet Boys
4/25 "Forgot About Dre" by Dr. Dre f/Eminem
4/27 "Bye, Bye, Bye" by 'N Sync
6/6 "Make Me Bad" by Korn
6/12 "The Thong Song" by Sisqo
7/13 "Oops! I Did It Again" by Britney Spears
7/28 "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem
8/18 "The One" by Backstreet Boys
8/13 "It's Gonna Be Me" by 'N Sync
8/28 "If Only" by Hanson
10/18 "Lucky" by Britney Spears
11/9 "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)" by Christina Aguilera

Clips of TRL Shown
9/26 BBMak performance – “Carson is the one with the T—RL show”
12/4 Jennifer Lopez visits
10/9 “Who Let the Dogs Out?” performance. “JUST like it sounds on the record, and the radio as well” – Carson
5/23 Eminem talking about “Stan”
8/24 Nelly teaches the Nelly dance
10/11 Britney interview about “Stronger”
3/21 ‘N Sync a cappella of TIPY
10/4 soulDecision interview with Hilarie
6/19 Making of the Video with Jay-Z
9/6 Papa Roach takes a hammer to the “Last Resort” video
11/17 Nick Lachey talks about how personal “My Everything” is
9/15 Fred Durst explains “Rollin’”
7/11 Hanson about “If Only” on the top
3/14 Sisqo guest hosts
5/23 Eminem on his daughter listening to Britney
8/1 Making of the Video with Christina
5/16 Britney and her Oops! video concept
10/9 Kevin explains “Shape of My Heart”
1/26 ‘N Sync brings “Bye Bye Bye” to the show

Did you know?
Four videos were not only on this countdown, but on the Top 99 of ’99 too:
"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" by Britney Spears (#87)
"Candy" by Mandy Moore (#64)
"What A Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera (#49)
"Back That Thing Up" by Juvenile (#31)

Snubs
Okay, so it must be hard to pick videos to be on the countdown. I mean, it MUST be… just look at what they left off:
"Falling Away From Me" by Korn – never mind that it RETIRED; it was on Top 99 of last year, though
"Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" by 98º – why they played “My Everything” instead of this is beyond me. # of days on the countdown: 15 more than My Everything
"Only God Knows Why" by Kid Rock – Again, it’s retired. But, it was on the Top 99 of ’99, so it must be okay
"I Turn to You" by Christina Aguilera
"Somebody Someone" by Korn
"Case of the Ex" by Mya

And now, commentary:
That last section is nice headway into this section. All those videos, with their numerous amount of days on the countdown were beaten by “Party Up,” “Big Pimpin’,” and “Who Let the Dogs Out?”… all on for less than 15 days. It’s also amazing that videos that are RETIRED are placed way behind videos that were on sporadically and, let’s say, 26 times in the year (Back That Thing Up at number NINE?!). And not only “Lucky,” but “The Real Slim Shady” too did better than “Oops!” In fact, most of the videos in the top 15 did better than that Britney video (exceptions: Rollin', Forgot About Dre, Back That Thing Up).

I think TRL favors diversity (you know, because the top 10 could easily have been half-filled with boy bands) over real results. Understandable. I just wish they would give the CRITERIA they used to pick the order. Because here I assumed that it would be based on how videos were voted in throughout the year, and that obviously wasn’t it.

The special itself was entertaining. Not exactly for the entire four hours, but they did a good job.

One last thing… do they ever change the requests that run at the bottom? Because “Sarah, AZ” made a request on “Party Up” and… that was me. Except for the last three words, that is, I swear I wrote that when I voted for Best Rap Video of the year. Hmmm…

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